Hanger for ear-corn.



L. W. HURFF. HANGER FOR BAR CORN. APPLICATION FILED lUG. 8, 1908.

Patented Apr. 20, 1909.

MWMMIFEII PATENT @l l lli CEi,

ljUUlllN W. HURFF, OF GALESBURG, lliLlNOlS.

HANGER FOR EAR-CORN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 20, 1909.

Application filed August 8, 1908. Serial No. %7,517

llorn; and l do hereby dcclar that the following a lull, clear. andexact description which will enable others skilled in the art to whichitappertains to malco and use the same My invention relates toimprovements in hangers for car col-in and has for its object theprovision of an all metal hanger adapted to carry a largonumbor of earsupon a relatively small hanger and to he placed thereon enlirelyseparate "from one another that they may dry out uniformly and in lhemost pcrit'cct manner preserve the vitality of the corn: also, to adaptthe hanger to he su'spendud in a corn cri'o so that the corn may be safe-from vermin and also to proride a hanger that will moot allrequirements at the smallestpossihla cosl'.

I am aware that what are known corn trees andraclcs have been heretoforepatented but none of them are made entirsly of metal and all of chem sofar as I am aware, are unnecessarily cumbersome and. complex.

That my invention maybe more fully understood, reference is bad to theaccompanying drawings, in Whichof the invontion,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my (levies showing cars of cornattached. The length. of the device as I would cniployit would beconsiderably longer than shown in tho lignrc however; Fig. also shows aside ration of a section of the device; Fl top plan VlQW upon the. linoHowever, in this view, the wire. is L'lii) oil; and Fig. 1- iiou alongone sidu of the in parlivnlarly showi' l'hs man (the impalii A a ha: i

ll arc impaling of steel wire adapted to he coiled upon the hanger wire,the respective folds of the coil meeting corresponding depressions inthe body of the hanger wire to adapt the said iinpaling prongs to hemaintained in a fixed position so that lhsy will neither slide up anddown upon the hanger wire or he turned from right to left.

The inipaling prongs are arranged in pairs, representing respective endsor the single wire that is coiled upon the hanger wire and are adaptedto be sharpened at their ends to facilitate the penetration of the pithof the ears of corn. A scriss of such pairs ofiinpaling prongs areadapted to be arranged upon the hanger wire in as great: number as maybe desired antladaptod to ho arranger upon tho hanger wire so that: theadjacent pairs of prongs will bear in a direclion at right a nglcs toeach other; However, the adjacent, pairs may be arranged atany angles solong as they an. arranged so that the ears of corn may be olavcdthereon- \vitlr outv touching or interfering with each other. l ll*3l'21l; lf., I desire that the prongs shall hear urnvardly atapproximatol v the angle shown; howevor, thcy nia he naalvv to hear inany angle from prrpvodiriilar hanger wire without departing from thyspirit of my invention.

In carrying ontany invention, the, simplest means that occurs to inn oi'rarqsing the c. s of the ro.--:;.)aotiva pairof impaling w to engagethe porpeiuh-cnlar hanger. wile that; the coils may he Silplilfill. down(MQl' i hangar wire and thon hy the stroke of ahaonncr upon the coil.its 't'ohls will be caused to hrcinhcddml within tho body of lilo hangarWire. llowvvorr dqirossions may no made in tho hodv o'l nu: hanger wire,and the (oils en Slipped down orsr the inns and he cans fl to spring;into such dapreswns and thereby he held in place.

"rl' hat'l claim is:

lo a device of the class described, the coinon of a hanger \vircp-Jovidod with a loop a its upper and adapting it to he hung iron, olserrations an errals throughout the length of {l o who hanger and {lip-coed altornatoly 1n verlic prongs prclarahly made di'fi'erent verticalplanes, a series of pointed prongs from vertical or circumferentialimpaling prongs arranged in pairs,'the removement upon the han er wire.10 spective pairs meeting in coils at the centers In testimony whereo Ihave afiixed my of the respective pairs, said coils flattened tosignature, in presence of two witnesses.

form an oblong central opening adapted to LUCIEN W. HURFF. v

' engage the different sets of serrations upon Witnesses.

thevertieal hanger, whereby the coils en ag- L. F. VVER MAN, ing theserrations will hold the impa ing F. L. CONGER.

